Key Points
- The Broken Arm and Salomon debut the Savát, an all-new silhouette, on June 16.
- The shoe is cut from a single piece of leather with a tongueless lacing system.
- It launches globally in two colorways, Cosmic Sky and Black Olive.
- Reported retail is $170, sold through The Broken Arm, Salomon, and select retailers.
Salomon spent the last five years turning its trail-running archive into fashion currency — the XT-6 on every editor's feet, the Speedcross in every concept store. The Savát is the harder move: a shoe that does not exist yet. On June 16, Salomon and Parisian boutique The Broken Arm release an all-new silhouette built from scratch, a bet that the brand can design originals rather than recolor the back catalog.
An all-new silhouette, not a remix
The Savát takes its cue from handmade footwear. The upper is cut from a single piece of leather, with a tongueless lacing system that leaves the lace panel open across the foot. There is no padded collar and no layered overlays — the construction is deliberately thin and pared back, closer to a hand-lasted shoe than a performance trainer. It launches in two colorways: a purple-toned Cosmic Sky and a muted Black Olive.
The Broken Arm's hand
The Broken Arm is the Paris concept store that has spent a decade as a gatekeeper at the intersection of fashion and design, and this is its latest turn with Salomon after last year's Pastoral. A boutique collaboration on a brand-new model is a different proposition than a recolored XT-6: it puts the store's editorial credibility behind the shape itself. It is the same instinct behind Procell's first official Nike collaboration — a boutique using its name to push a silhouette the mass market hasn't priced yet.
The read
Salomon's pivot into lifestyle has so far run on existing molds. The Savát is the first sign the brand wants to be a designer of originals, not just a supplier of recolors — and it is launching that ambition through a boutique rather than its own marketing machine. For collectors, a debut silhouette is the kind of release that either defines a brand's next chapter or disappears into the archive. The thin, tongueless build is the whole pitch: not another technical runner, but a shoe that argues craft is the point.
Source: Sole Retriever, WWD
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